El Salvador's gang truce may have provided a short-term reprieve from violence but ultimately added to the total death toll, researchers say.
El Salvador now holds 6,111 BTC worth $501.88 million, with a majority of purchases in profit. It has purchased 40 BTC in the past 30
This discovery contradicts the prevailing notion about El Salvador’s cultural backwardness or isolation in the ancient times,” archaeologists said.
El Salvador isn’t backing down from Bitcoin just yet. Despite agreeing to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan deal that restricts
El Salvador is still "a focal point for the global bitcoin community", said Forbes. But the mood is now "somewhat subdued" among crypto enthusiasts, one local journalist told the news site.
El Salvador announced on Wednesday the purchase of a bitcoin, which takes the total in the country's strategic reserve to above 6,102 coins, the National Bitcoin Office posted on social media.
Archaeologists have found five 2,400-year-old puppets, designed to shift emotions depending on the viewing angle, on a pyramid in El Salvador.
These striking puppets suggest that Indigenous people in what is now El Salvador had rituals that were more connected to the rest of Central American culture than previously thought.